How-To IT Career Guide: 7 Critical Strategies, From Getting Started To Semiretiring

Driven by our salary survey data, a look at make-or-break moments in a career.

What career goals do you want to reach? How can you help the people on your team reach their goals? If there’s one lesson of the tumultuous past seven years, it’s that a great business technology career takes consistent planning, education, and fine-tuning. The ground can shift quickly. Whether it’s getting started or semiretiring, every business tech pro needs a plan. These areas are a good place to start.

As InformationWeek Government readers were busy firming up their fiscal year 2015 budgets, we asked them to rate more than 30 IT initiatives in terms of importance and current leadership focus. No surprise, among more than 30 options, security is No. 1. After that, things get less predictable.